Lebanese Prime Minister Condemns Murder of Former Iraqi MP Ahmed Al-Alwani in Beirut

Beirut -- Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam condemned on Wednesday the murder of former Iraqi MP Ahmed Al-Alwani in Beirut. The prime minister’s media office stated that Salam commended the efforts of judicial and security authorities to uncover the circumstances surrounding the crime. He stressed that “Beirut cannot remain a haven for crime and lawlessness,” affirming that safeguarding the capital’s security and the safety of all individuals on Lebanese soil is a matter that cannot be treated with leniency.

On Tuesday, it was announced that former Iraqi parliamentarian Ahmed Al-Alwani was found dead inside an apartment in the New Way area of the capital, Beirut. In a statement on Tuesday, the media office of Ahmed Rami Al-Hajj, the Public Prosecutor at the Lebanese Court of Cassation, said that the Public Prosecutor is “personally following the case and keeping a close hand on it” by directly overseeing the preliminary investigations into the circumstances of the former Iraqi MP’s murder, conducted by the Information Division of the Internal Security Forces, with the aim of uncovering the details of the crime and determining the conditions under which it occurred. (End) A.Y.B./M.Kh.